hmm, the ivana + silencer [+HH?] is my most feared foe. that quiet whisper that precedes my death before i can react,what's the best loadout to counter that?personally i love TAVOR + ACOG w/ [usas-12/aa-12 [masty] for close-range [in real life the tavor can carry a noob toob, why can't ivana?]btw, does bio-boost + Reactive really give a chance against snipers & melee? [melee kills me a LOT] because giving up lightfoot or speed reload [a majority of my deaths come while reloading] is a heavy sacrifice

That means you're wastin' too many bullets in every magazine, or reloadin' at improper times. If ya have a lengthy reload (i.e. ya ain't using speed reload), take cover prior to the reload. Or at least don't do it while you're turning a corner or entering a room and have no idea if another player is there. If you're in a really bad spot to reload, bust out the secondary and get outta dodge before reloading.

That means you're wastin' too many bullets in every magazine, or reloadin' at improper times. If ya have a lengthy reload (i.e. ya ain't using speed reload), take cover prior to the reload. Or at least don't do it while you're turning a corner or entering a room and have no idea if another player is there. If you're in a really bad spot to reload, bust out the secondary and get outta dodge before reloading.

does bio-boost + Reactive really give a chance against snipers & melee? [melee kills me a LOT] because giving up lightfoot or speed reload [a majority of my deaths come while reloading] is a heavy sacrifice

Bio-boost increases your overall health, so you can be melee'd once and survive, Reactive armor increases defense but not health so a melee will still kill you. I recommend putting both on a shotgun loadout so you can (hopefully) survive toob shots and maybe a poorly thrown RTM (a proxie will kill you no matter what unless someone triggers it first). As for snipers, a head shot will always kill you, though I don't know if a pavlov will, but unless they have HH most of the snipers will kill you in 2 bodyshot hits. The Toros,WA2000 and Gambit should take you out in one shot, but they (Except the toros) need to have HH to drop someone in one shot, at least when I use them. For your dying while reloading, there are a few weapons that can have the reload time shortened by meleeing when the clip is full like the Stauger, Wolfe revolver and the Gambit sniper can be sped up by meleeing so when using those, you can have something else in that slot. Hope this helps.

Yesterday I used SS and LF again and they were much better than I remembered. I like them a lot, though I still think HH and Bio Booster is better.

My usual philosophy with these gadgets works like this:
- Use snap shot and LF for larger maps - more running around and more longer-range kills
- Use HH and bi booster for smaller maps - more close quarters and melee'ing